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Monolepta timorensis sp. nov. 



Testaceous, the aiiical joints of the antennae fuscous, the head witli one, the 

 thorax with three black spots, finely jmnctured, elytra finely and closely punctured, a 

 ring-sliaped band at the base, a spot at the sides, a dentate band near the apex, and 

 the latter itself black ; tibiae and tarsi black. 



Var. Thorax and elytra nearly unsjiotted, underside and legs fulvous. 



Length 1^- line. 



Head impunctate, with a black spot on the vertex, eyes very large, antennae 

 black, the lower four joints fulvous, the second and third joints nearly equal, the 

 fourth as long as the preceding two joints together; thorax nearly twice as broad as 

 long, jiarallel, the sides slightly rounded, the surface somewhat convex, finely rugose- 

 punctate, a spot at the .sides and another at the middle, black ; scutellum black ; 

 elytra finely punctured, a siiot on the shoulder and a semicircular band at the base 

 from the middle of the latter and extending across the suture, a spot at the lateral 

 margin at the middle, a deeply indented liand below the middle, not extending to the 

 .sides and the apex, black ; the lireast and jiait of the abdomen as well as the tilnae 

 and tarsi black. 



Hab. Timor. 



The elytral band at the base is in some specimens reduced to a spot ovdv, and 

 the amount of black at the upper and under surface is equally variable. 



Paridea quadriplagiata sp. nov. 



Black; thorax impunctate, deeply transversely sulcate, elytra finely punctured in 

 rows, black, a large ovate patch at the middle and the apex, whitish. 



l^ength IJ to 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, deeply grooved between the ej'es, the frontal elevations 

 transverse, anterior mai"gin of the cly])eus, testaceous, palpi incrassate, antennae 

 rather robust extending beyond the middle of the elytra, the third and following 

 joints nearly equal, lilack, the basal joints fulvous below ; thorax one half broader 

 than long, the sides straight at the base, widened towards the middle, the disc 

 transversal}' sulcate, impunctate, black ; elytra punctured in closely approached 

 rows, black, a large ovate patch at the middle, not extending to either margin, and a 

 round spot at the apex, yellowish white ; the last abdominal segment flavous at the 

 sides, trilobate in the male, the median lobe, concave. 



Htib. Kuby Klines (Burmah). 



Prasyptera rugosa sp. nov. 



Flavous, the antennae, tibiae and tarsi more or less fuscous, vertex of head 

 purplish, thorax rugose with some greenish spots (sometimes indi.stinct), elytra 

 closely rugose and wrinkled, obscure greenish aeneous, oiiaque. abdomen spotted 

 with black. 



I^ength 2j lines. 



Posteriorly dilated, the head impunctate, flavous, the vertex metallic purjilish or 

 gieenish, frontal elevations and carina strongly raised, antennae nearly extending to 

 the end of the elytra, fuscous or nearly black, the second and third joints short, equal, 

 fourth and following joints long and slender ; thorax one half broader than long, the 



